Crash in Clark County Kills Canton Man

A Canton man is dead following a one car crash at 1:48 Sunday afternoon on US 61 five miles west of Alexandria.

The Missouri Highway Patrol says a car driven by 58-year-old Jack Nelson went off the road and hit a mailbox and a tree. Troopers say Nelson was pronounced dead by Clark County Coroner Edwin Wilson. This is the 17th fatality on northeast Missouri highways in 2014.